I've decided I'm no longer going to watch the cable news networks. It's just too depressing. All these "talking heads" do is snipe at each other.
Here's the thing...people disagree. And that's OK. Just because person A doesn't agree with person B does not make person A the anti-christ. But if person A is on CNN and person B is on Fox News (or MSNBC...take your pick)...whoah to person A for having different beliefs from person B!
Just report on the issues guys. What does Obama stand for on issue 1? What does McCain stand for on issue 2?
Look, as far as the candidates go, I think all 4 people are basically smart, decent people. What it's going to come down to for me is what issues are most important to me...what do I believe in. What issues, when they come up, hit me in my gut. Is it gun control? Abortion? The Economy? Foreign Policy? I have specific opinions on these topics and will vote for the candidate who I feel will support what's important to me.
Does that make me a bad person? No. Does that make the people who have different opinions from me on these issues bad people? OF COURSE NOT!
I really wish the US AGAINST THEM mentality would go away. One person is going to win this election. That doesn't mean the other side can't then debate or veto or vote for what's important to them.
In the end, to get anything done, compromise and civility have to take place. The majority of the media...who like to label EVERYTHING...don't seem to realize that. They seem to actively fight against it. In other words, they like to stir up shit for the sake of seeing it fly.
Realistically, I don't think things will change.
But just remember...while you're thinking the other side is EVIL, they're thinking you're EVIL...but the truth is neither one of you is EVIL...you just disagree.
And that's OK!
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I don't watch the cable screaming matches anymore either. This really isn't anything new, though... it's been going on since the founding of the country, and in fact has been far worse. BAck then it was in newspapers. John Quincy Adams' followers said about Jackson "General Jackson's mother was a COMMON PROSTITUTE brought to this country by British soldiers! She afterward married a MULATTO MAN, with whom she had several children, of which number General Jackson IS ONE!!" Adam's followers accused Jefferson of representing "cut-throats who walk in rags and sleep amidst filth and vermin," and Jefferson's followers hit back in just as nasty ways. Similar things were said about Lincoln, FDR, and just about every president or candidate in history. We just didn't have the 24-hour news cycle to be filled up.
All you can do is ignore it as much as possible, or at least sit back and enjoy the ride. I suppose it's the price we pay for not grabbing guns and knives and trying to kill each other every time its time to select a new ruler.
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